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Calculating a Cumulative GPA using theNursing Department’s CalculatorInformation If you transferred to Southern and/or have taken summer or winter session courseselsewhere, those grades are not included in your Southern GPA. As part of the nursing application, it is required you have no less than a 3.0 CUM GPA. A CUM GPA includes total GPA and GPA hours from each regionally accredited college oruniversity you have attended. The following steps will teach you how to use the nursing department’s CUM GPAcalculator to determine your CUM GPA.Step 1: Obtain transcripts1. You should have copies of the most updated transcripts, (unofficial or official), fromeach college/university attended.– You may still have online access to the school’s online portal to download orrequest a copy of your transcript be sent to you, or – You can contact the school’s registrar’s office to learn how to request atranscript.Step 2: Collect dataWrite down total GPAs and GPA hours from each institution.– These are usually found at the end of your transcript.– These should NOT include transfer totals that were transferred to that school(each school will be entered individually in step 3).– If you do not find your total GPA hours, you will need to calculate themmanually . You must add together the credit hours of each course with a grade
that was calculated into your school’s GPA to determine your GPA hours (theseare not to be confused with quality points).Step 3: Enter information3. Enter information you collected into the calculator located on the pre-nursing studentwebsite.– School’s name or acronym– School’s total GPA
– School’s total GPA hours into the nursing department’s CUM GPA calculator.– You do not need to enter anything into the 4th column.– Repeat this for each school (DON’T FORGET TO ADD SCSU!!!).– Click enterThe calculator will automatically calculate your total GPA hours and Cumulative GPA.Cumulative GPA CalculationName of SchoolWCSUGWCCSCSUCumulative GPAGPAGPA hours Quality 4545Once you have calculated your CUM GPA, you can use your calculated GPA and hours inSouthern’s GPA calculator to get a sense as to what grades/# credits are required toattain your desired GPA.
Calculating a Pre-Requisite GPA using theNursing Department’s CalculatorInformationYou can also use the nursing department’s CUM GPA calculator to calculate your Pre-requisiteGPA. There are two ways to go about entering data into the calculator. Before calculating,please note the following: Only pre-reqs with a C count toward the minimum 7 of the 11 required for theapplication.If you repeated a pre-req, the higher grade is the grade to be calculated into the pre-reqGPA.To add rows to the calculator, right click on the row number of the last pre-req courseentered, highlighting the entire row. Next, select “insert.” Repeat as needed.Option 11. If you have copies of your transcript(s) in front of you, you can simply add the GPA hours(also known as credits included in the GPA) and quality points received for each course.Cumulative GPA CalculationName of SchoolPSY 100MAT 108BIO 120GPAGPA hours33410Cumulative GPA3.79Quality Pts.129.91600037.9
Option 22. If you do not have copies of your transcript(s) in front of you, but know the grades youreceived and the # of credits for each class, you can insert the points associated with eachgrade into the GPA column and the GPA hours (also known as credits) for each course. TheQuality Points will get calculated automatically.Points Associated with Grade:A 4.0A 4.0A- 3.7B 3.3B 3.0B- 2.7C 2.3Cumulative GPA CalculationName of SchoolPSY 100MAT 108BIO 120GPAGPA hours43.3433410Cumulative GPAQuality Pts.129.91600037.93.79Once you have calculated your Pre-Requisite GPA, you can use your calculated GPA andhours in Southern’s GPA calculator to get a sense as to what grades/# credits arerequired to attain your desired pre-req GPA.
Nursing Department's Calculator . Information If you transferred to Southern and/or have taken summer or winter session courses . SCSU 1.7 6 10.2 0 0 0 143 422.5 Cumulative GPA 2.95454545. Once you have calculated your CUM GPA, you can use your calculated GPA and hours in .
